The pumping of fuel from the Sealand Express, which ran aground earlier this week in the Cape, is going well, the joint operations committee set up to deal with the stranding has announced.
The African National Congress overturned a huge Democratic Alliance majority in a municipal ward in Uitenhage on Wednesday, winning a by-election by 248 votes and 48% of the vote.
Whoever wins in the bid for the New Africa Investments Limited (Nail) assets, consolidation of the media sector looks imminent, writes <i>Media Weekly</i>’s Kevin Bloom.
Cape Town began mopping up on Tuesday in the wake of a storm that brought snow, gale force winds and driving rain, and sent temperatures plunging.
Finally, the government has agreed to roll out an anti-retroviral drug programme, which Nicoli Nattrass believes should be implemented immediately, while Peter Barron cautions against the rush.
The Directorate of Public Prosecutions has declined to prosecute cigarette manufacturers British American Tobacco (BAT) over its sponsorship of a smoking venue at a African National Congress conference.
The director of a play which aroused the ire of animal lovers when a chicken was slaughtered on stage two weeks ago says he does not regret the killing.
The Cape Town Regional Court on Friday refused to order the withdrawal of corruption charges against New Labour Party leader Peter Marais and former deputy social development minister David Malatsi.
If South Africa does not implement a large scale Aids treatment plan soon, five million South Africans will die from Aids in the next eight to 10 years.
In some parts of South Africa half of all pregnant women are infected with HIV, the first South African Aids conference heard in Durban on Monday.
The South African government has confirmed that fundamental changes have been made to liquor legislation — stopping in its tracks a form of the legislation which would have curtailed distribution and manufacturing by the same players.
A Western Cape Congress of South African Trade Union (Cosatu) official who met leaders of the Zimbabwean trade union movement in the Cape Town on Friday says President Robert Mugabe’s time as head of his state should end.
In a country long-sickened by the level of sexual violence, South African teachers have been encouraged to provide students with skills to cope with the dual threat of gender-based violence and HIV/Aids.
Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon on Thursday called on other opposition parties to join the DA in a ”coalition for change” in South Africa, ahead of next year’s general election.
As the date for the final announcement of the successful bidder to develop an internationally competitive film studio in Cape Town approaches, a possible legal challenge could halt the process.
The Treatment Action Campaign’s (TAC) suspended civil disobedience campaign will be high on the agenda when the organisation meets for its national congress on Friday.
A condom project touted this week as one of the most ”innovative” to stem from the offset programme linked to South Africa’s multibillion-rand arms deal does not yet exist and has yet to create a single job.
Halfway through one of the Western Cape’s driest winters for decades, leading scientists and experts are set to gather in Cape Town to exchange ideas on the impact invasive alien plants are having on South Africa’s water resources.
Since the ban on freebie bags on May 9, many self-help groups have risen to the challenge and developed lucrative small businesses making eco-friendly substitutes.
Environmental Affairs Minister Valli Moosa has stood firm in the face of a storm over the allocation of traditional line fishing rights, saying those who believe they have been unfairly treated should lodge an appeal to him.
The alleged Absa hacker Johannes Jacobus Fourie appeared briefly in the Bellville Magistrate’s Court on Monday in connection with fraud reportedly involving R500 000.
Police on Saturday afternoon confirmed they had charged a man for the ABSA Bank computer e-mail breach with 10 counts of fraud and theft.
The person arrested in connection with the Absa internet fraud case on Thursday was only being held for questioning at this stage, Western Cape police said on Friday.
Seeff Residential Properties has urged property owners to have their properties and other assets valued for capital gains tax as soon as possible.
The Democratic Alliance continued pushing the Ministry of Safety and Security on Wednesday for the release of crime statistics on a more regular basis than once annually.
A team of scientists from the University of Pretoria is scheduled to begin excavations on Wednesday to determine whether there is a mass grave outside Laingsburg in the Karoo.
When Nedcor’s hostile takeover attempt of Standard Bank was shot down by Finance Minister Trevor Manuel three years ago, the South African banking group’s long-cherished dream of becoming the region’s biggest bank able to compete with global players seemed all but dead.
Officials from four big South African banks held talks in Johannesburg on Tuesday, and discussed the internet banking fraud which recently hit Absa, the largest bank in the country.
An urgent application by former president FW de Klerk for the Pretoria High Court to set aside a subpoena directing him to testify for the defence in the Boeremag trial is to be heard on Friday.
Former Western Cape environment and development affairs MEC David Malatasi approved a housing development after he had already left office, according to a High Court judge.
Significant direct Iranian investment in South Africa reflect robust economic ties between the two countries, Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said on Monday.